[Greens-Media] Costello sets the stage for a barrage of lies

[Hollo, Tim (Sen C. Milne)]

Costello sets the stage for a barrage of lies

Thursday June 4, 2007  Australian Greens climate change spokesperson,
Senator Christine Milne, today warned Australians to prepare for a
barrage of lies from the Howard Government on climate change.

Senator Milne said "Treasurer Peter Costello on last night's 7.30 Report
attempted to claim credit for stopping landclearing in Australia as a
practical measure to reduce greenhouse emissions.

"This lie is offensive in the extreme to the many campaigners and the
Queensland Government who worked hard to slow landclearing in order to
protect Australia's biodiversity well before the election of the Howard
Government.

"The Howard Government took advantage of other people's great work to
negotiate an easy target at Kyoto. But their wilful negligence in the
years since then has seen ongoing old growth logging, ongoing
landclearing, and unrestricted growth in emissions from energy, all
dwarfing the landclearing gains and putting our Kyoto targets out of
reach.
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"Treasurer Costello's lie follows the Prime Minister's outrageous lie
that reducing Australia's emissions to 20% below 1990 levels by 2020
would require us to close down every power station in the country and
take every car off the road.

"The Howard Government is clearly desperate on climate change and is
willing to do anything to neutralise the issue - except take real
action. Prepare for a barrage of lies."

Contact Tim Hollo on 0437 587 562

Tim Hollo
Media and Communications Adviser
Senator Christine Milne
Phone: + 61 (0) 2 6277 3063
Mobile: + 61 (0) 437 587 562
Email: tim.hollo at aph.gov.au
Skype: timhollo
Website: www.christinemilne.org.au